Microservices
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Microservices skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 58 62
Rank change year-on-year -56 +4 -14
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 1,475 1,910 3,662
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.62% 4.37% 3.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.19% 4.68% 4.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,033 1,068 2,761
10th Percentile £48,750 £48,731 £43,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +15.38% -16.13%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £83,759
90th Percentile £117,500 £115,000 £103,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £61,206
% change year-on-year -3.57% +14.37% -9.04%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Microservices falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 67,438 40,826 82,224
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 74.22% 93.31% 85.22%
Number of salaries quoted 42,850 22,742 59,687
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -10.10%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,491 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -9.09%

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microservices relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Microservices job vacancy trend in the UK

Microservices
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices

Microservices
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microservices over the 6 months to 10 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Microservices in the UK

Microservices
Top 19 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microservices within the UK over the 6 months to 10 May 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -56 1,345 £75,000 - 552
London +3 709 £86,000 +1.18% 241
UK excluding London -121 646 £67,500 -3.57% 356
Work from Home -36 638 £70,000 -2.77% 307
North of England -64 294 £69,310 -3.74% 126
North West -61 146 £70,000 -3.45% 75
South East -98 146 £70,000 +3.70% 99
Yorkshire -46 95 £69,310 -7.43% 27
South West -87 63 £52,500 -23.39% 44
Midlands -89 59 £67,500 +3.85% 45
North East -1 53 £65,000 +23.81% 24
East of England -16 42 £60,100 +4.52% 19
West Midlands -70 37 £75,000 +7.14% 22
Scotland -83 33 £62,500 -19.14% 14
East Midlands -71 21 £67,250 +7.60% 23
Wales -33 9 £53,171 +2.25% 7
Northern Ireland -31 7 £62,500 +13.64% 5
Isle of Man - 2 £35,000 - 1
Channel Islands - 1 £90,000 -

Microservices
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 28 (1.90%) Apache Spark
2 18 (1.22%) Confluence
3 17 (1.15%) Apache
4 15 (1.02%) Apache Airflow
5 14 (0.95%) IIS
5 14 (0.95%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 13 (0.88%) CMS
6 13 (0.88%) OpenStack
7 12 (0.81%) JBoss
8 7 (0.47%) WebSphere
9 6 (0.41%) WordPress
10 5 (0.34%) Drupal
11 4 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 4 (0.27%) Appian
11 4 (0.27%) Camunda
11 4 (0.27%) GeoServer
12 3 (0.20%) Apache Pulsar
12 3 (0.20%) Liferay
12 3 (0.20%) nginx
12 3 (0.20%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 12 (0.81%) MS Visio
2 10 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (0.47%) Maya
4 6 (0.41%) PlantUML
5 4 (0.27%) Microsoft Excel
6 3 (0.20%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.14%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (0.47%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.34%) Payment Gateway
3 4 (0.27%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.20%) Oracle Retail
5 2 (0.14%) Endur
5 2 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.14%) Shopify
6 1 (0.068%) Actimize
6 1 (0.068%) Bloomberg AIM
6 1 (0.068%) Distributed Ledger
6 1 (0.068%) Fidessa
6 1 (0.068%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.068%) Quorum
6 1 (0.068%) R3 Corda
6 1 (0.068%) SAP FS
6 1 (0.068%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.068%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 786 (53.29%) AWS
2 612 (41.49%) Azure
3 299 (20.27%) GCP
4 243 (16.47%) Serverless
5 152 (10.31%) SaaS
6 125 (8.47%) Azure DevOps
6 125 (8.47%) GitHub
7 115 (7.80%) AWS Lambda
8 104 (7.05%) Amazon S3
9 83 (5.63%) AWS CloudFormation
10 80 (5.42%) Amazon EKS
11 73 (4.95%) Amazon SQS
12 68 (4.61%) Amazon ECS
13 60 (4.07%) Amazon EC2
14 57 (3.86%) Azure Service Bus
15 47 (3.19%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 45 (3.05%) Azure AKS
16 45 (3.05%) Datadog
17 41 (2.78%) GitHub Actions
17 41 (2.78%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 60 (4.07%) Broadband
2 16 (1.08%) Network Security
3 11 (0.75%) HTTP
4 9 (0.61%) DNS
5 7 (0.47%) Firewall
5 7 (0.47%) Internet
5 7 (0.47%) MQTT
5 7 (0.47%) VPN
6 6 (0.41%) AMQP
6 6 (0.41%) Cisco ASA
6 6 (0.41%) TCP/IP
7 5 (0.34%) DHCP
8 4 (0.27%) LTE
9 3 (0.20%) HTTPS
9 3 (0.20%) Modbus
9 3 (0.20%) RFID
9 3 (0.20%) SNMP
9 3 (0.20%) WAN
10 2 (0.14%) Hyperconnected
10 2 (0.14%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 193 (13.08%) NoSQL
2 180 (12.20%) MongoDB
3 174 (11.80%) PostgreSQL
4 93 (6.31%) SQL Server
5 82 (5.56%) MySQL
6 74 (5.02%) Relational Database
7 69 (4.68%) Elasticsearch
8 59 (4.00%) DynamoDB
9 48 (3.25%) Azure SQL Database
10 39 (2.64%) Amazon RDS
11 36 (2.44%) Redis
12 35 (2.37%) BigQuery
13 29 (1.97%) Big Data
14 23 (1.56%) RDBMS
15 16 (1.08%) Pinecone
16 14 (0.95%) Power BI
17 12 (0.81%) DB2
18 10 (0.68%) Data Lake
19 8 (0.54%) Tableau
20 7 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 193 (13.08%) Git
2 131 (8.88%) GitLab
3 127 (8.61%) Jenkins
4 49 (3.32%) JIRA
5 46 (3.12%) TeamCity
6 37 (2.51%) Cucumber
7 33 (2.24%) CircleCI
8 32 (2.17%) Cypress.io
8 32 (2.17%) JUnit
9 21 (1.42%) Claude Code
9 21 (1.42%) Maven
9 21 (1.42%) Mockito
10 19 (1.29%) Bitbucket
10 19 (1.29%) Selenium
11 17 (1.15%) SonarQube
11 17 (1.15%) Vite
12 10 (0.68%) JMeter
13 8 (0.54%) Visual Studio
14 7 (0.47%) NUnit
14 7 (0.47%) Oracle Forms
General
1 423 (28.68%) Finance
2 318 (21.56%) Social Skills
3 151 (10.24%) Banking
4 110 (7.46%) Public Sector
5 93 (6.31%) Analytical Skills
6 92 (6.24%) Law
7 68 (4.61%) Retail
8 63 (4.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 44 (2.98%) Financial Institution
10 42 (2.85%) Telecoms
11 35 (2.37%) Back Office
12 24 (1.63%) Influencing Skills
13 19 (1.29%) Billing
14 18 (1.22%) Advertising
14 18 (1.22%) Legal
15 15 (1.02%) Games
15 15 (1.02%) Marketing
16 13 (0.88%) Aerospace
16 13 (0.88%) Front Office
17 10 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 519 (35.19%) Developer
2 390 (26.44%) Senior
3 277 (18.78%) Software Engineer
4 213 (14.44%) Architect
5 189 (12.81%) Lead
6 126 (8.54%) Full-Stack Developer
7 121 (8.20%) Senior Developer
8 120 (8.14%) Java Developer
9 100 (6.78%) .NET Developer
10 98 (6.64%) Java Engineer
10 98 (6.64%) Senior Software Engineer
11 89 (6.03%) Solutions Architect
12 62 (4.20%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 57 (3.86%) Software Developer
14 55 (3.73%) Lead Developer
15 51 (3.46%) DevOps Engineer
16 48 (3.25%) Principal Engineer
17 43 (2.92%) C# Developer
17 43 (2.92%) Java Software Engineer
17 43 (2.92%) Senior Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 335 (22.71%) React
2 321 (21.76%) .NET
3 276 (18.71%) RESTful
4 258 (17.49%) Node.js
5 228 (15.46%) Spring
6 221 (14.98%) REST
7 207 (14.03%) Spring Boot
8 183 (12.41%) Kafka
9 124 (8.41%) AngularJS
10 109 (7.39%) .NET Core
11 92 (6.24%) ASP.NET
12 91 (6.17%) gRPC
13 87 (5.90%) HTML
14 84 (5.69%) Vue
15 78 (5.29%) CSS
16 72 (4.88%) .NET Framework
17 65 (4.41%) ASP.NET Core
17 65 (4.41%) RabbitMQ
18 54 (3.66%) OAuth
19 52 (3.53%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 416 (28.20%) Cloud Native
2 252 (17.08%) Distributed Systems
3 109 (7.39%) Product Ownership
4 86 (5.83%) Enterprise Software
5 60 (4.07%) Greenfield Project
6 59 (4.00%) Legacy Systems
7 46 (3.12%) Video\Live Streaming
8 45 (3.05%) Over-the-Top Content
9 39 (2.64%) Algorithms
10 37 (2.51%) Data Structures
11 30 (2.03%) Distributed Architecture
12 26 (1.76%) Blockchain
13 25 (1.69%) AI Agents
13 25 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
14 24 (1.63%) Mobile App
15 22 (1.49%) Public Cloud
16 21 (1.42%) Legacy Applications
17 19 (1.29%) Virtual Team
18 17 (1.15%) Web3
19 16 (1.08%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 80 (5.42%) Linux
2 42 (2.85%) Windows
3 20 (1.36%) Unix
4 14 (0.95%) Android
5 7 (0.47%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.27%) CentOS
6 4 (0.27%) Debian
6 4 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.27%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.20%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.068%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 721 (48.88%) CI/CD
2 598 (40.54%) Agile
3 552 (37.42%) DevOps
4 530 (35.93%) Software Engineering
5 391 (26.51%) Containerisation
6 371 (25.15%) Full-Stack Development
7 324 (21.97%) Mentoring
8 291 (19.73%) Event-Driven
9 289 (19.59%) Test Automation
10 288 (19.53%) Problem-Solving
11 283 (19.19%) Continuous Improvement
12 281 (19.05%) AI
13 248 (16.81%) Infrastructure as Code
14 192 (13.02%) Scrum
15 182 (12.34%) Computer Science
16 174 (11.80%) Event-Driven Architecture
17 165 (11.19%) Technical Leadership
18 162 (10.98%) Coaching
19 158 (10.71%) Clean Code
19 158 (10.71%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 475 (32.20%) Java
2 404 (27.39%) Python
3 325 (22.03%) SQL
4 307 (20.81%) JavaScript
5 291 (19.73%) C#
6 243 (16.47%) TypeScript
7 133 (9.02%) Go
8 50 (3.39%) C++
8 50 (3.39%) Scala
9 48 (3.25%) PHP
10 39 (2.64%) Bash
11 32 (2.17%) C
12 31 (2.10%) Ruby
13 22 (1.49%) PL/SQL
14 19 (1.29%) Rust
15 18 (1.22%) Kotlin
15 18 (1.22%) PowerShell
16 16 (1.08%) Shell Script
17 12 (0.81%) Groovy
18 9 (0.61%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 188 (12.75%) Degree
2 151 (10.24%) Security Cleared
3 105 (7.12%) Computer Science Degree
4 98 (6.64%) SC Cleared
5 56 (3.80%) AWS Certification
6 31 (2.10%) Azure Certification
7 29 (1.97%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 28 (1.90%) Master's Degree
9 26 (1.76%) DV Cleared
10 24 (1.63%) CISSP
10 24 (1.63%) TOGAF Certification
11 19 (1.29%) Microsoft Certification
12 14 (0.95%) DBS Check
13 13 (0.88%) AWS Certified Developer
14 12 (0.81%) CISM
15 8 (0.54%) PhD
16 6 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
16 6 (0.41%) ISTQB
16 6 (0.41%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
17 5 (0.34%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (6.85%) QA
2 36 (2.44%) Accessibility
3 29 (1.97%) GDPR
4 27 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 25 (1.69%) PCI DSS
6 22 (1.49%) NIST
7 16 (1.08%) SOC 2
8 11 (0.75%) Actionable Recommendations
9 10 (0.68%) NCSC
10 9 (0.61%) GRC
10 9 (0.61%) WCAG
11 7 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
12 6 (0.41%) IFRS
13 5 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 4 (0.27%) SLA
15 3 (0.20%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 3 (0.20%) ISO 9001
16 2 (0.14%) Data Quality
16 2 (0.14%) SEPA
17 1 (0.068%) EMIR
System Software
1 445 (30.17%) Docker
2 13 (0.88%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.27%) Firmware
4 2 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.068%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 462 (31.32%) Kubernetes
2 266 (18.03%) Terraform
3 82 (5.56%) Ansible
4 75 (5.08%) Grafana
5 44 (2.98%) Prometheus
6 30 (2.03%) Argo
7 19 (1.29%) Kibana
8 18 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
9 10 (0.68%) Puppet
10 9 (0.61%) HP Fortify
11 7 (0.47%) Cilium
12 4 (0.27%) Istio
12 4 (0.27%) Packer
12 4 (0.27%) Rancher
13 3 (0.20%) Nagios
14 2 (0.14%) MIIS
14 2 (0.14%) Opsgenie
14 2 (0.14%) Podman
Vendors
1 157 (10.64%) Microsoft
2 63 (4.27%) Google
3 48 (3.25%) Oracle
4 45 (3.05%) Typelevel
5 25 (1.69%) OpenAI
6 16 (1.08%) Dynatrace
7 15 (1.02%) AppDynamics
7 15 (1.02%) IBM
8 14 (0.95%) Red Hat
9 12 (0.81%) Splunk
10 11 (0.75%) CrowdStrike
10 11 (0.75%) Salesforce
11 10 (0.68%) SAP
12 9 (0.61%) Atlassian
12 9 (0.61%) Cisco
12 9 (0.61%) Guidewire
13 8 (0.54%) Adobe
14 7 (0.47%) Databricks
15 6 (0.41%) Okta
15 6 (0.41%) Palo Alto